In reply to my late article , My multimedia Mac miniskirt , reader Paul Barsa drop a line in with a Mac 911 - ish inquiry :
The answer to all your enquiry could well be the base for another long article . Given that this is a blog , I ’ll keep it short and offer the basics .
If you had a received TiVo I ’d hint you hold back for the TiVoToGo religious service TiVo ’s said will embark in the middle of 2006 ( by path of subtle reminder , TiVo , that would be the end of this calendar month ) . I ’ve seen TiVoToGo ’s implementation on a Windows PC , and frankly , I ’m not impressed . It takes way too long to transfer and burn program and the results are n’t honorable . The Mac implementation I ’ve seen look far more hopeful .
But a Dish DVR is a different beast and you wo n’t be seeing TiVoToGo on it in this lifespan .
Just as there are for TiVo , there are hacks for getting into the Dish PVR and copying file from it , but they ’re convoluted and command a working cognition of Linux / Unix or an reason of how to use OS X ’s Terminal . Put Google to estimable enjoyment and you ’ll find some of these hacks .
If you have a camcorder that offer up a TV reach - through option , I ’d try that . stop up the video recording and audio outputs of the DVR into the inputs of the camcorder , string along a FireWire overseas telegram between the camcorder and the Mac , flip the camcorder into go - through mode , start capturing in iMovie , and begin playback on your DVR . When you finish register you may redact the result in iMovie and export it for burning to videodisc or your iPod .
miss that camcorder , then yes , you ’d involve some variety of converter . Or you could get an EyeTV - compatible box seat , record everything in there from the output signal of your Dish DVR , and do your redaction and exportation from the EyeTV 2 package .
